By YAM PHUI YEE

Catch a glimpse of what it is like to be a college student in this day and age.

KUAH Jenhan, Max Tanaka Hiroto and Lianne Letitia Ritchie are all college students. But their routines are different as they are studying under different programmes. Those who are waiting to enrol into a college or university know that their lives will be different from their secondary school days.

The new online video series College Life in One Day (CLIOD) will give its audience a glimpse of what a student’s life at Taylor’s University College is like.
 

Max Tanaka Hiroto and Lianne Letitia Ritchie checking out a Nokia cellphone during the shoot for College Life in One Day.

In each episode, you get to see what three students from three different courses do in a day. The first episode features mass communications student Jenhan, hospitality student Max and Canadian Pre-University programme student Lianne.

Shooting for the show was an experience in itself for these college students.

“It was fun but hectic because I had a lot of classes, and had to run from one place to another,” says Lianne, 19.

“I think college life is something students dream about or anticipate when they finish school. The show will give them an idea of how things are like in an urban college, especially for students from less urbanised areas,” she adds.

The students are not just confined to a classroom with chalk and talk, but are involved in interactive activities and hands-on learning. Max, for example, waits tables in the college’s restaurant as part of his coursework.

“The course is very interesting. The learning is not all done in the classroom, we have kitchen, serving and pastry classes as well as trips to the beer factory and hotels too,” enthuses Max, a 19-year-old aspiring restaurateur.

A show on college students’ life is not complete without a peek into what they do after class, where they hang out and what they talk about. Watch the video to find out about Lianne’s Ninjutsu skills and how Jenhan’s friends decide where to go for lunch.

Catch College Life in One Day on The Star Online and Taylor’s University College website.

Jenhan watches video on his N95 8GB while waiting for trains and toys around with the GPS when he travels.

Catch CLIOD at http://thestaronline.tv or www.taylors.edu.my. Watch the video and look out for details of a competition where you stand to win RM10,000 in scholarships and Nokia cellphones in this space in the coming weeks.

CLIOD is a project by The Star Online in collaboration with Taylor’s University College, and Nokia as a partner.